Tuesday, 23 November 2010

End of the Rainbow Review

"The Meaning of Yellow” by Cate Gardner describes a world in which color is banned, but in which it behaves in a very peculiar way..." You can read the rest of the review here.

Am I mad to be happy that the reviewer said well-written. I worry so much about my grammar and punctuation (it's a constant struggle and not something I could grasp at school at all) that the words well-written make me want to dance. I am such an amateur. And yes, it is a very silly tale. She's right.

Yellow was born after spending a day watching Disney's Snow White a hundred times. You may think it's impossible to watch the movie a hundred times in one day, but trust me sitting through a Disney movie for me turns seconds into hours. It's something in the brew, I think.

Congrats, Cate! It's well-deserved. I've never had any problems with your grammar and punctuation. But what's most important is that your work has its own unique quality. I'd rather read something with a few rough edges that has spice,originality and something to say than something grammatically polished and perfect that's just another clever-clever, done-before, done to death by-the-numbers piece of hackwork. You're definitely in the first category (not that I've spotted many, or any, rough edges for a long time)